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∙ 15y agoContinental plates are made of basalt, while oceanic plates are made of granite.
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Why is oceanic plate denser than continental plate?
Oceanic plates are primarily made up of basaltic rock while continental plates are primarily made of granitic rock. Basalt is denser than granite which allows oceanic plates to subduct beneath continental plates.
Name a plate that is entirely made of continental crust?
All major plates contain both continental and oceanic crust except for the Pacific and Nazca plates.
What does the collision of a continental plate and an oceanic plate produce?
when two plates collide they form trenches.
What are 2 plates that meet at a convergent boundary?
In plate tectonics, a convergent boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary (because of subduction), is an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of lithosphere move toward one another and collide. As a result of pressure, friction, and plate material melting in the mantle, earthquakes and volcanoes are common near convergent boundaries. When two plates move towards one another, they form either a subduction zone or a continental collision. This depends on the nature of the plates involved. In a subduction zone, the subducting plate, which is normally a plate with oceanic crust, moves beneath the other plate, which can be made of either oceanic or continental crust. During collisions between two continental plates, large mountain ranges, such as the Himalayas are formed.
What happens when two continental crust collides?
A mountain gets made
What is the main material that continental plates made of?
Continental crust is made primarily of granite.
Are continental plates made of rock?
Sometimes
What are large blocks of crust called?
plates There are continental plates (thick and made of granite) and oceanic plates (thin and made of basalt).
Can plates be made of oceanic and continental crust?
yes
Are continental plates made of igneous rocks?
Sometimes
What This layer of the crust is made of granite?
Continental plates are made of granite
Name two types of tectonic plates?
The two types of tectonic plates are continental and oceanic.
What is the main type of rock that continental plates are made of?
Granite.
What rock is continental plates made of?
it creates a lava monster
C There are two types of tectonic plates oceanic and continental what is the difference between these two types of plates?
The lithosphere displaces the asthenoshpere. Thick tectonic plates, such as those made of continental crust, displace more asthenosphere than do thin plates, such as those made of oceanic lithosphere. The lithosphere displaces the asthenoshpere. Thick tectonic plates, such as those made of continental crust, displace more asthenosphere than do thin plates, such as those made of oceanic lithosphere.
What rock is continental plates made up of?
Continental Crust is the layer of rocks that forms the continents and continental shelves. It is mostly made of granite or granitic rock.
What is the mineral type that continental plates are made of?
The majority of the continental plates is composed of SiO2, silicon dioxide, much of it in the form of the feldspar, mica, and quartz minerals.
